Six key elements of the university's Entrepreneurship

Dares six key elements of the university's Professor of Entrepreneurship Ramjugernath, South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal University's pro vice-chancellor of the - it's a good teaching and learning, leadership and management capacity, encouraging entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial culture, cooperation and international stakeholders.

Innovation and entrepreneurial universities for the development and state-building was what was really expected, innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship, pro vice-chancellor said.

"But universities are driven by formulas such subsidies, so it is driven by the world rankings, so they have lost perspective on what it means to be a university and do research in the country in terms of the number one or number two is to create a nation which is run.”

Vaal University of Technology, held October 19-21 Ramjugernath science park "Entrepreneurship Education for Economic Renewal," the eighth annual International Conference on Technology Network in South Africa's opening address was delivered in 2015.

A dizzying pace of change

the smart phone is used to describe the pace of change is dizzying. Sitting in front of a computer for people to move on all fours, despite receiving 15,000 years, there had been only 30 years to go on walks with your mobile device.

"When they put a man on the moon, NASA scientists more computing power at their disposal today than it was in the hands."

Rapid evolution of technology and innovation in today's innovation drivers had had the opportunity and universities. "As soon as we realize that we need to grow, we need to realize that. Ali cannot stand still like the way we have been doing."

Hundreds of years ago, universities were the privileged elite academic training. Today, they are about training people in the workforce.

"But we have lost the plot. How we produce graduates suitable for the purpose of the workforce? We and the number of graduates of the university's admission to measure the success we've gone down the line. The subsidies will be lower, because we do not worry too much about the quality."

Employers about the quality of graduates from universities are "very worried" and they have what it takes, national and global, he said. Employers training graduates and the "large amounts of money" were invested.

Universities in the development of the knowledge economy have not been answered sufficiently. They had to change the curriculum and approaches to solve national and global problems, and you need to be more entrepreneurial.

Ramjugernath six key elements of the proposed business of the university.

Leadership and management

The words "innovation" and "entrepreneurship, while many universities, including vision and mission statements, the only" paying lip service to these conditions, "and was not fully invested.

Every organization, Ramjugernath he pulls together in innovation and entrepreneurial initiatives and coordination across all levels of the organization should have a portfolio of business performance.

"When we talk about business, not just something that sits there, not the executive management of the school, department and unit level, you need to sit down. We have nothing to breathe and live every day to be as an organization."

Universities have had to make a difference; too, in partnership with public and private sector they need to drive innovation and entrepreneurship agenda.

Discounts

How many have been produced internationally recognized journal papers - are currently managed by the scientific results of performance of the universities.

"We really need to do is to encourage entrepreneurial behavior and innovation."

Entrepreneurship should be relevant to the financial and resources, Ramjugernath, but managers should not - as is often the case - that is, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the third stream income generation who will solve the problems of the university.

"Innovation is not for short-term profits and business investment. This requires long-term investment medium, and if you do it right then and institutions. Will begin to reap the benefits of long-term average," but in the short term, investment should be.

Universities, the disciplinary silos, work continued. And to be multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary "You want to be creative and innovative and entrepreneurial, but if you have to break down silos."

Alumni them into an environment like this allows you to work with the mindset that, even as nursing, you need to get out of any field. "They were a bachelor, no matter what they are trained to operate in that environment."

Universities and businesses have to deal with the case. "We all business students, and they will not give the text book, 'this is what you need to do. A lot of time giving talks to business class people who have not experienced it themselves, so they are also a text book.

"This is the best way to do this, for example, because we have training programs, it is important to integrate the talented entrepreneurs. Come for a successful entrepreneur and a better way to say" I was 10 years ago, this, this, I can do it, you can achieve 'What are . "

Employees also need to be entrepreneurial, and staff development supported Ramjugernath said. There is a misconception about the development of the business was simply business, but this is not the case:

"It has all the qualities to look for an entrepreneur - a consistent behavior, the ability to recover from failures, persistence, passion, etc., is no for an answer." These qualities were instilled in staff, the higher would be more effective, he added.

"Obviously, we need to reward this kind of behavior and reward."

Teaching and learning

Universities to develop entrepreneurial mindset and skills were important. "We have the technology today is still a plaque and chalkboards, but in an age of changing the lives of many. We have to be more innovative and entrepreneurial approach to teaching."

changed the ways students learn, Ramjugernath said. Today, learning is more visual and multimedia. "Entrepreneurial behavior of teaching and learning should be supported by the organization, and we need to confirm the results of the business."

Universities with the results of the research collaboration and integration of entrepreneurship education, research and teaching activities all have to deal with the external stakeholders.

Currently, he added, universities, so only the best teachers and "we kind of punish them if they are to be entrepreneurial," that the best researchers are focused on academics. Such people as long as they do their own research, should be included.

"We have staff and students more successful entrepreneurs and we should be proud of them."

A culture of entrepreneurship

Universities actively encourage individuals to become entrepreneurs, and support entrepreneurial activity and experience in the implementation of ideas for opportunities to raise awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship.

People must be trained by scientists and industry.

"The important thing is to have a favorable environment for the financing of entrepreneurial activity on campus," Ramjugernath the main, foreign, or other financial institution has said. "It is important to drive a coordinated institution.

"All the universities to support their efforts to get all the way to market the idea of ​​science, technology and innovation should be the department and business incubation facilities.

Students, business start-ups and entrepreneurs to get first-hand exposure to the day-to-day knowledge they have gained to lectures, to come up with an idea for a new type of environment, and then to come "This is the opportunity of the market."

Relations and partnership

Ramjugernath the "stakeholder relations and strategic business collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship are key to driving." Universities and industry cooperation, sharing knowledge with society and public sector partnerships and relationships to be faithful and a wide range of stakeholders.

Strong links and business incubators, science parks and other initiatives related to innovation and entrepreneurship, industry and business with a dynamic exchange of staff and students to be involved in business activities.

An 'ivory tower "mentality was undermining the possibilities for fruitful relationship. Business and government should be encouraged to visit campuses and universities need to go and talk to them -" It should be seamless, "said Ramjugernath.

All of these activities related to the eco-system knowledge with staff, students, government officials and industry personnel mobility, it should be.

Internationalizations

the business strategy of internationalization is a key aspect of any university, and the students and staff involved in the teaching of international business and international networks to participate in the show include international mobility.

"Without internationalism we really cannot go on this way of pushing the agenda of innovation and entrepreneurship," said Ramjugernath. "We have an agenda to take advantage of the global resources of our cooperation.

"It is important for mobility -. Knowledge is not only the exchange of students and staff, and the idea of ​​a cultural exchange, as well as that"

Result

Innovation and entrepreneurship is the key to social and economic problems and universities directly, unemployment, poverty, low economic growth and to address issues such as inequality.

Indeed, they are teaching, research and community outreach are really good - Currently, Ramjugernath, universities and workforce preparation of these problems and resolve enough to find its way into post-graduate students are assuming that.

But higher education needs to be more directly involved.

"Universities are the innovation and entrepreneurial drive teaching and learning, research and engagement with the need to grow. They need to work with all stakeholders in the system of innovation and entrepreneurship -. The people and interests of its citizens"